Stool bearer to the Turkish Sultan. (in charge of guarding and carrying the Sultan’s riding stool).
Stool bearer to the Turkish Sultan. Ottoman Empire.
Category: Court dress
Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie, duchesse de Bourgogne 1685-1712.
Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie was the mother of King Louis XV.
Ninon de Lenclos. The Celebrated Beauty of the 17th Century.
Ninon de L’Enclos was a French liberal and educated intellectual, feminist, writer (La coquette vengée “The Flirt Avenged”) and lover of many also famous contemporaries. She was one of the outstanding women of the ancien regime, the participation in their Jours was a great society honor.
Japanese noblewomen with child in 1810.
Japanese Noblewomen with child in court dress by Franz von Siebold
Japanese Nobleman in court dress, 1810.
Japanese nobleman with states clothing by Franz von Siebold
Hairstyle Louis XIII. period.
Historic french hairstyle. Louis XIII. period 17th century. Early baroque period. „Album de coiffures histories“ by E. Nissy. Published 1890 by Albert Brunet.
Marie Jeanne Bécu, comtesse du Barry.
Marie Jeanne, comtesse du Barry (Marie Jeanne Bécu) 1743-1793. Mistress of the French King Louis XV.
Hairstyle of Elisabeth de France. Coiffure Henry IV.
Album de coiffures histories by E. Nissy.
Burgundian Lady of the castle, 15th century.
Burgundy nobility costume in 1450. Gothic, middle ages fashion history
Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon-Condé, Duchesse du Maine.
Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Mademoiselle d’Enghien, then Mademoiselle de Charolais, after her marriage Duchess of Maine (8 November 1676 in Paris; – 23 January 1753 ibid.), was a French high aristocrat.